Operation Cubicle #70: Breakfast

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Operation Cubicle #70: Breakfast

Agent Jackson, JP Fairfield, and special guest Rock aka Betahadji from the Black Astronauts podcast help us consume the most important meal of the day – breakfast! We hit up the corporate and geeky questions below, but we somehow meander into whether pontificate is a word, significant others spying on our podcasts, Drake freestyle raps, Brown Sugar Cinnamon Pop Tarts, fast food menus switching from breakfast to lunch, McGangBang, cutting up food and the proper way to put syrup on pancakes.

The Idiocy of Street Harassment

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Someone started the hashtag #TrueLoveAccordingToStreetHarassment (think it was @yeloson).  You can go to the link where I storify most of the tweets. It sparked a situation that happen to me earlier in the week.

I wanted to do something very simple.  I wanted to go to the grocery store, buys some items, and try out a new recipe.  Unfortunately, I never got a chance to do that because I was just too mentally tired to deal with being harass on my way there.  Usually, I would solider on and ignore it but that day I didn’t have it in me.  I was already nervous enough cause it was several men there and I was alone.

Every time, I try to discuss my experience with Street Harassment I always get the “Don’t you like compliments? It seems pretty innocent”. Right, I should be grateful for every demand to smile or offer to talk. The minute I politely decline I’m suddenly a ugly bitch who should be lucky a man try to talk to me… Is that what I should be happy about? I don’t owe anyone the acceptance of their compliments or my time. Most of the times, my ‘NO’ is ignored and I have to worry if this guy is going to try and hurt me. Yet, I’m suppose to be accepting of this.

The only thing I want to say to men is to be aware of how you approach women. Even the most respectful approach can be seen as dangerous if you decide to stop a woman in the alley. We are not mind readers so it’s better to assume all men are capable of hurting us than letting down our guard for the wrong person. Hell, being careful don’t work every time. Women need to be see as people and not an object. Women don’t go outside for the enjoyment of the male gaze.. we go outside cause we have lives.. which don’t revolve around the wants of men or your inflated sense of masculinity. For once, I just want to go to the store without being harassed.

AppHappy: Todo.txt

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Welcome to another installment of AppHappy where I squeed about apps that made my day.

I’m going to talk about the app Todo.txt.  It’s a simple productivity manager tracking your todo list in a text file.  Yes, you heard that right… all your tasks are saved to a text file.Todo.txt Touch for mobile

I have tried so many different todo managers such as Google Tasks, Remember the Milk, Astrid, Wunderlist and the list goes on but I eventually stop using these apps forgetting about my tasks .  I wanted something very simple and can easily sync between my phone and computer without complexities.  I do realize some of the apps I mention have the ability to sync but the setup for Todo.txt felt far more simpler to implement.

Not only that, if I’m on a computer without Todo.txt app I can still view my todo list by opening it in Notepad.  Plus, I feel I have far more in control in what Todo.txt app I use to track and manage my todos.  I can choose to use a command line, mobile app, web version, desktop version, or any combination to fit my needs.  I like having those options.

In order to use Todo.txt, you need a todo.txt application (I use Android & desktop version), text file named todo.txt and Dropbox.   It uses dropbox to sync your todo list across mobile and desktop devices.  Since I’m already using Dropbox, it was easy for me to link the todo.txt app.

I love how I can filter by Projects, Priority and Context by using special notations.   If I want to create a new task that will be part of my  Computer Build project, I just need to type in “Research new Mini-ATX motherboards for i5 processors +ComputerBuild”  That’s it.  If I want to, I can go back and add priority or context.  The most important functionality for me is speed and simplicity.  I’m too easily distracted to deal with todo managers that give a lot of flashy options or take too much work to submit a new task.  Todo.txt is simple and clean while giving me enough options that I won’t waste so much time trying to perfect everything.

Question:  What todo managers are you using and how easily did it fit into your daily life?